The parable of Green Mountain: Ascension Island, ecosystem construction and ecological fitting

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Wilkinson, David M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascension Island; Darwin; Ecological fitting; Ecosystem; Global change; Greenhouse effect; Hooker; Terraforming

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREEN MOUNTAIN;

EID: 1642482729     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.01010.x     Document Type: Review

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